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Teach Cyber Byte
Learn about the NCTA program, Beth Cerrone - the recipient of the Presidential Cybersecurity Educator award, and mark your calendars for Summer 2024.
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National Cybersecurity Teaching Academy (NCTA)
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Dr. Melissa Dark and Dr. Jenny Daugherty from DARK Enterprises / Teach Cyber, along with seven National Cybersecurity Teaching Academy (NCTA) educators, shared about the impact of the graduate certificate program on teaching high school cybersecurity at the NICE K-12 conference in Phoenix, Arizona on December 5.
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(Pictured from left to right: Robin Burns (Marlyand), Jenny Daugherty (DARK Enterprises), Beth Cerrone (Colorado), Kyle Kuhlers (Iowa), Melissa Dark (DARK Enterprises), Jessica Tickle (Kansas), Moriah Walker (Ohio), Ben Dougherty (Ohio), and Kristi Rice (Virginia)
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What is the NCTA program?
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The NCTA is a 12-18 credit hour graduate program offered at four universities (University of Arkansas-Little Rock, California State University, Sacramento, DePaul University, and University of Louisville).
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What is the goal of NCTA?
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The goal of the program is to provide high school educators with deep cybersecurity content knowledge and pedagogical skills so as to more effectively teach cybersecurity and become change agents in their schools, communities, and states.
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The NCTA currently has 96 educators from across the United States completing some or all of the 12-18 credit hours.
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What is ahead for the NCTA program?
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The NCTA recently closed the application for the next cohort of educators who will be notified in early Spring. However, the NCTA is not only dedicated to providing comprehensive professional development but through the collaborative of university faculty, the NCTA educators, and the DARK Enterprises team, the NCTA is exploring models of early college credit and seeking to provide other types of professional development, such as an asynchronous course on cybersecurity fundamentals. So stay tuned by reading this newsletter or checking updates here: https://teachcyber.org/ncta-information/.
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Presidential Cybersecurity Education Award
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We are thrilled to report that Beth Cerrone, the Instructional Cybersecurity and Technology Manager at the Innovation Center in Longmont, Colorado, was selected to be the high school educator recipient for this year’s Presidential Cybersecurity Education Award. Beth is a hardworking Teach Cyber colleague who has both used and helped us develop our curriculum. Beth was acknowledged for her hard work at this year’s NICE K-12 conference in Phoenix, Arizona. Beth was accompanied to the conference with three of her students who also presented at the conference on “Empowering Students to Safeguard the Digital World Through Project Teams.” Way to go Beth! To learn more about the Cybersecurity Pathway that Beth built, visit: https://www.allaboutcyber.org/.
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Beth is always willing to help a fellow educator who is striving to develop her/his cybersecurity course/pathway. If you have questions, reach out to her at
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cerrone_elizabeth@svvsd.org
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Dr. Melissa Dark, Teach Cyber co-founder (left) and Beth Cerrone, Presidential Cybersecurity Educator (right).
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Virginia Cybersecurity Education Conference
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